Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: GOP Candidate Eric Hovde Wants to Take the Vote Away from Nursing Home Residents

MADISON, Wis. — Abdul-Jabbar: “Other than the basic lack of humanity, Hovde shows a basic lack of critical thinking skills”

A new Substack post from 19-time NBA All-Star and former Milwaukee Buck Kareem Abdul-Jabbar highlighted Eric Hovde’s recent remarks that people living in nursing homes should not be allowed to vote.

Hovde’s position that nursing homes residents should be disenfranchised has received local and national attention. Last week, Wisconsin seniors, nursing home residents, and caregivers gathered in Milwaukee to respond to Hovde’s stance on nursing home voting.  

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: GOP Candidate Wants to Take the Vote Away from Nursing Home Residents
By: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

• […] But what’s troubling here is his desire to take away the rights of people who have spent a lifetime contributing to this country based on a physical attribute: age. That’s the basis of sexism, racism, and pretty much most of the bad isms.

• Other than the basic lack of humanity, Hovde shows a basic lack of critical thinking skills: 1. He claims that high turnout in voting in nursing homes is an indication of fraud. Maybe. But he offers no evidence except Trump’s favorite form of “proof,” hearsay: “I hear that…” 2. High turnout could be because, given the level of immobility, they pay more attention to politics and can conveniently vote. 3. I worry about his problem-solving abilities. Even if there was some fraud, the goal should be to uncover it, not deny everyone in nursing homes the vote. By this logic, when Brian Pritchard, first vice chairman of the Georgia GOP, was recently found guilty of voting illegally nine times, we should deny all GOP officials the right to vote.

• Is this the guy who should be a senator?

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